The acting Reichs Protector of Bohemia and Moravia SS-Obergruppenführer/General of Police Reinhard Heydrich, was the victim of a murder attempt by Czech youths dropped in parachutes by British night bombers over Bohemian territory. The Führer attended the state funeral in the Mosaic Hall of the New Reichs Chancellery and gave a final salute to one martyred for the preservation and defense of the Reich
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The acting Reichs Protector of Bohemia and Moravia SS-Obergruppenführer/General of Police Reinhard Heydrich, was the victim of a murder attempt by Czech youths dropped in parachutes by British night bombers over Bohemian territory. The Führer attended the state funeral in the Mosaic Hall of the New Reichs Chancellery and gave a final salute to one martyred for the preservation and defense of the Reich
Collection
Eye on the Reich : German propaganda photographs, 1939-1942
1942
Names
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957 (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1942
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC EYE 1942
Subjects
Nazi propaganda
Wreaths
Saluting
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
Nazis
Funeral rites & ceremonies -- Germany
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei -- Rites & ceremonies
Genres
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Der stellvertretende Reichsprotektor in Böhmen und Mähren, SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei Reinhard Heydrich, wurde das Opfer eines Aufschlags tschechischer Mordbuben, die von britischen Nachtbombern über dem böhmischen Raum mit Fallschirmen abgesetzt worden waren. Der Führer entbietet beim Staatsakt im Mosaiksaal der Neuen Reichskanzlei dem als Blutzeugen für die Erhaltung und Sicherung des Reiches Gefallenen seinen letzten Gruß.
Content: Title translates German picture caption
Source Note: Grossdeutschland im Weltgeschehen. Tagesbildberichte 1940. (Berlin Joh. Kasper Co. 1942) Braeckow, Ernst, Author.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 10 x 14 cm
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2de12f60-c602-012f-4963-58d385a7bc34
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1942
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The acting Reichs Protector of Bohemia and Moravia SS-Obergruppenführer/General of Police Reinhard Heydrich, was the victim of a murder attempt by Czech youths dropped in parachutes by British night bombers over Bohemian territory. The Führer attended the state funeral in the Mosaic Hall of the New Reichs Chancellery and gave a final salute to one martyred for the preservation and defense of the Reich" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1942. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2de12f60-c602-012f-4963-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1942). The acting Reichs Protector of Bohemia and Moravia SS-Obergruppenführer/General of Police Reinhard Heydrich, was the victim of a murder attempt by Czech youths dropped in parachutes by British night bombers over Bohemian territory. The Führer attended the state funeral in the Mosaic Hall of the New Reichs Chancellery and gave a final salute to one martyred for the preservation and defense of the Reich Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2de12f60-c602-012f-4963-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The acting Reichs Protector of Bohemia and Moravia SS-Obergruppenführer/General of Police Reinhard Heydrich, was the victim of a murder attempt by Czech youths dropped in parachutes by British night bombers over Bohemian territory. The Führer attended the state funeral in the Mosaic Hall of the New Reichs Chancellery and gave a final salute to one martyred for the preservation and defense of the Reich" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2de12f60-c602-012f-4963-58d385a7bc34
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